Strong G2487ἴχνος
track
- Transliteration
- ichnos
- Pronunciation
- ikh'-nos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
From ἰκνέομαι ikneomai (to arrive; compare G2240); a track (figuratively): - step.
Detailed definition
ἴχνος, -εος (-ους), τό
[in LXX for כַּף, etc.;]
a track, footstep: metaphorically (as frequently in cl.), στοιχεῖν τοῖς ἴ., Rom.4:12; περιπατεῖν τοῖς ἴ., 2Co.12:18; ἐπακολουθεῖν τοῖς ἴ., 1Pe.2:21 (cf. MM, Exp., xv).†
(AS)
[in LXX for כַּף, etc.;]
a track, footstep: metaphorically (as frequently in cl.), στοιχεῖν τοῖς ἴ., Rom.4:12; περιπατεῖν τοῖς ἴ., 2Co.12:18; ἐπακολουθεῖν τοῖς ἴ., 1Pe.2:21 (cf. MM, Exp., xv).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2487 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- step3
First verses
- Romans 4:12And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.
- 2 Corinthians 12:18I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?
- 1 Peter 2:21For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἴχνος, εος, τό,
track, footstep, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.317, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 680, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.82)]; of the spoor of game, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 6.15, etc.)]: metaphorically, track, trace, κατ᾽ ἴχνος πλατᾶν ἄφαντον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 695 (Lyric poetry))]; ἐς ταὐτὸν ἐλθὼν.. λόγων ἴ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pr.” 845; ἴ. κακῶν ῥινηλατούσῃ [prev. author] “Ag.” 1184; ἴ. παλαιᾶς δυστέκμαρτον αἰτίας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 109; ἴ. τειχέων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 108; ἴχνη τῶν πληγῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 524c; τὰ τῶν κονδύλων ἴ. 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.212)]: with negative, not a trace, μαζῶν οὐδὲ ἴχνη [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 1.8)]; ἴ. ποδὸς θεῖναι, Latin vestigia ponere, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 752, compare “Or.” 234; θέσθαι “Anthologia Graeca” 7.464 (Antip.))]; λεπτὸν ἴ. ἀρβύλης τίθετε step softly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 140 (Lyric poetry); ἴ. ἐπαντέλλειν ποδός [prev. author] “Ph.” 105 (Lyric poetry); ἴ. ἐρείδειν “Anthologia Graeca” 5.300 (Paul. Sil.))]; ἐν ἴχνεσί τινος πόδα νέμειν (metaphorically) [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.15; ἰχνῶν τινος ἔχεσθαι 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 64.4; τοῖς στοιχοῦσι τοῖς ἴχνεσι τῆς πίστεως NT.Rom.4.12)]; κατ᾽ ἴχνος ᾄσσειν, κατ᾽ ἴχνη διώκειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 32, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 410b, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1059 (Lyric poetry); εἰς ἴχνος τινὸς ἰέναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 330e)]; ἴ. μετιέναι, μετελθεῖν, [Refs ([prev. author] “Phdr.” 276d, “Tht.” 187e)]; ἴχνους προσάπτεσθαι hit upon a trail, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Plt.” 290d; τοῖς ἀρχαίοις ἴ. ἐς τὰ θεμέλια χρωμένους 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 2.66b; ἴχνη ὑποψίας εἴς τινα φέρει 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.3.10; μήτ᾽ ἴ. μήτ᾽ αἴθυγμα.. παραδιδόντων 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 29, compare “Rh.” 1.91 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
2 poetry, foot, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1134, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 7.20.)]
3 hard sole of the foot, [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Deu.11.24, +others, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.876, 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 47.9.7)]; sole of a shoe, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 62, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Indica” 16.5)]; sandal, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (POxy. 1449.51 (_plural_, 3rd c.AD).)]
4 τὰ ἴ. τῶν χειρῶν the palms of the hands, [LXX (LXX.1Ki.5.4.)]
5 ἴ. ἀνθρώπινον, as a measure of length, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “ἀνατομή” 31.)]
6 track, route in the desert, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PRyl.” 197.8 (2nd c.AD).)]
7 plural, representations of footprints as votive offerings indicating the presence of a God, ἀνέθηκαν.. κατὰ τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐνέργιαν ἴχνη αὐτοῦ χρύσεα τέσσερα [Refs (“BCH” 51.106 (from Panamara), etc.)]
track, footstep, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.317, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 680, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.82)]; of the spoor of game, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 6.15, etc.)]: metaphorically, track, trace, κατ᾽ ἴχνος πλατᾶν ἄφαντον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 695 (Lyric poetry))]; ἐς ταὐτὸν ἐλθὼν.. λόγων ἴ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pr.” 845; ἴ. κακῶν ῥινηλατούσῃ [prev. author] “Ag.” 1184; ἴ. παλαιᾶς δυστέκμαρτον αἰτίας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 109; ἴ. τειχέων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 108; ἴχνη τῶν πληγῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 524c; τὰ τῶν κονδύλων ἴ. 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.212)]: with negative, not a trace, μαζῶν οὐδὲ ἴχνη [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 1.8)]; ἴ. ποδὸς θεῖναι, Latin vestigia ponere, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 752, compare “Or.” 234; θέσθαι “Anthologia Graeca” 7.464 (Antip.))]; λεπτὸν ἴ. ἀρβύλης τίθετε step softly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 140 (Lyric poetry); ἴ. ἐπαντέλλειν ποδός [prev. author] “Ph.” 105 (Lyric poetry); ἴ. ἐρείδειν “Anthologia Graeca” 5.300 (Paul. Sil.))]; ἐν ἴχνεσί τινος πόδα νέμειν (metaphorically) [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.15; ἰχνῶν τινος ἔχεσθαι 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 64.4; τοῖς στοιχοῦσι τοῖς ἴχνεσι τῆς πίστεως NT.Rom.4.12)]; κατ᾽ ἴχνος ᾄσσειν, κατ᾽ ἴχνη διώκειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 32, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 410b, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1059 (Lyric poetry); εἰς ἴχνος τινὸς ἰέναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 330e)]; ἴ. μετιέναι, μετελθεῖν, [Refs ([prev. author] “Phdr.” 276d, “Tht.” 187e)]; ἴχνους προσάπτεσθαι hit upon a trail, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Plt.” 290d; τοῖς ἀρχαίοις ἴ. ἐς τὰ θεμέλια χρωμένους 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 2.66b; ἴχνη ὑποψίας εἴς τινα φέρει 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.3.10; μήτ᾽ ἴ. μήτ᾽ αἴθυγμα.. παραδιδόντων 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 29, compare “Rh.” 1.91 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
2 poetry, foot, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1134, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 7.20.)]
3 hard sole of the foot, [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Deu.11.24, +others, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.876, 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 47.9.7)]; sole of a shoe, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 62, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Indica” 16.5)]; sandal, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (POxy. 1449.51 (_plural_, 3rd c.AD).)]
4 τὰ ἴ. τῶν χειρῶν the palms of the hands, [LXX (LXX.1Ki.5.4.)]
5 ἴ. ἀνθρώπινον, as a measure of length, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “ἀνατομή” 31.)]
6 track, route in the desert, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PRyl.” 197.8 (2nd c.AD).)]
7 plural, representations of footprints as votive offerings indicating the presence of a God, ἀνέθηκαν.. κατὰ τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐνέργιαν ἴχνη αὐτοῦ χρύσεα τέσσερα [Refs (“BCH” 51.106 (from Panamara), etc.)]